“I wish to state before this assembled multitude;
“Before this packed house;
“Before this captive audience;
“That I have every right
“(as much as each of you)
“To be here and represent
“My interests,
“My justifications
“My associations,
“Because I am a member
“In every day,
“And, perhaps
“Even as the nights
“Which are too cold
“And then the elevators,
“As they so often do
“Stop.
“You look askance.
“Indeed, you look at me
“In that manner
“That indicates
“The corners of your eyes
“are full of mistakes.
“Which proves to me
“Beyond and above
“- to heaven even,
“To the very Golden Gates
“Where the various saints
“Hang to the golden bars
“And swing to and fro
“In the Celestial breezes
“That cause clouds to scud
“Across the sky,
“And there is barely time to think
“Of a reply.”
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